Ecclesiasticus 42
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1 # Cp. ch. 4.20,21 & 41.16. Of these things be not ashamed,
And #ch. 4.22.accept no man's person to sin thereby:
2Of the law of the Most High, #ch. 41.19.and his covenant;
And of judgement to do justice to the ungodly;
3Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers;
And of a gift from the heritage of friends;
4 # See Prov. 11.1. Of exactness of balance and weights;
And of getting much or little;
5Of indifferent selling of merchants;
And #Cp. ch. 30.1,2.of much correction of children;
And #Cp. ch. 33.26.of making the side of an evil servant to bleed.
6 # 42.6 Or A seal Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is;
And where many hands are, shut thou close.
7Whatsoever thou handest over, let it be by number and weight;
# Cp. ch. 41.19. And in giving and receiving let all be in writing.
8 Be not ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish,
# ch. 41.2. And one of extreme old age that contendeth with those that are young;
And so shalt thou be well instructed indeed,
And approved in the sight of every man living.
9 # Cp. ch. 7.24,25. A DAUGHTER is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father;
And the care for her putteth away sleep;
In her youth, #1 Cor. 7.36.lest she pass the flower of her age;
And when she is married, lest she should be hated:
10 # Cp. ch. 22.4. In her virginity, lest she should be defiled
And be with child in her father's house;
And when she hath a husband, lest she should transgress;
And when she is married, lest she should be barren.
11 # ch. 26.10. Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter,
Lest she make thee #42.11 Or a rejoicinga laughingstock to thine enemies,
A byword in the city and #42.11 Gr. called forth.notorious among the people,
And shame thee before the multitude.
12 # See ch. 25.21. LOOK not upon every body in regard of beauty,
And sit not in the midst of women;
13For from garments cometh a moth,
And from a woman #ch. 25.13,17.a woman's wickedness.
14Better is the wickedness of a man than #Cp. Prov. 5.3 & 6.24 & 7.21.a pleasant-dealing woman,
And a woman which putteth thee to shameful reproach.
15I will make mention now of the works of the Lord,
And will declare the things that I have seen:
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2 Esd. 6.38. In the words of the Lord are his works.
16The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things;
And the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
17 # ch. 18.4. Cp. ch. 43.27,28. The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works;
Which the Almighty Lord firmly settled,
That whatsoever is might be established in his glory.
18 # Cp. Dan. 2.22. He searcheth out the deep, and the heart,
And he hath understanding of their cunning devices:
For the Most High knoweth all knowledge,
And he looketh into #Cp. ch. 43.6.the #42.18 Gr. sign.signs of the world,
19 #
Is. 46.10. Cp. Is. 41.22. Declaring the things that are past, and the things that shall be,
And revealing the traces of hidden things.
20 # Cp. Is. 29.15. No thought escapeth him;
#
Ps. 139.4. See Wis. 1.6-9. There is not a word hid from him.
21 # Cp. ch. 16.26,27. The mighty works of his wisdom he hath ordered,
Who is from everlasting to everlasting:
# ch. 18.6. Nothing hath been added unto them, nor diminished from them;
And #See Is. 40.13.he had no need of any counsellor.
22 # Cp. Ps. 104.24. How desirable are all his works!
One may behold this even unto a spark.
23All these things live and remain for ever in all manner of uses,
And #ch. 16.28.they are all obedient.
24 # ch. 33.15. All things are double one against another:
And he hath made nothing imperfect.
25One thing establisheth the good things of another:
And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
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